New Delhi. The third match of Asia Cup 2023 was played between India and Pakistan (India vs Pakistan). This match is due to rain cancelled done Team India won the toss and decided to bat but Pakistan could not play a single ball in the second innings. For this match, former cricketers like Ravi Shastri and Gautam Gambhir were part of the commentary panel from the Indian side. Recalling the old Asia Cup match, Gambhir said that neither Dhoni nor I could win that match. It was won by Harbhajan Singh.
During the commentary, Gautam Gambhir said about the India Pakistan match played in Dambulla in the 2010 Asia Cup, “I could not win that match. It was won by Harbhajan Singh. Dhoni and I had a partnership but Harbhajan Singh won it. Because I believe whoever makes the last run. He wins the match. The situation in that match was not good. The light was not so good. We had players like Shoaib Akhtar, Abdul Razak, Saeed Ajmal.
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Harbhajan and Dhoni played a brilliant innings
This was the fourth match of the 2010 Asia Cup tournament. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan scored 267 runs on the basis of Salman Butt’s innings of 74 and Kamran Akmal’s half-century. In the chase, Team India won in just 49.5 overs. Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli were out early. Gautam Gambhir scored 83 runs and Dhoni played an innings of 56 runs.
Harbhajan Singh hit a six on the fifth ball
Mohammad Amir bowled the last over for Pakistan in that match. Suresh Raina was run out on his second ball. Praveen Kumar took 2 runs on the third ball. After this he took 1 run and gave strike to Harbhajan. India needed 3 runs from 2 balls. Harbhajan Singh hit a brilliant six off the fifth ball. India won this match by 3 wickets.
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Tags: Asia Cup, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, India Vs Pakistan, MS Dhoni
First published: September 03, 2023, 09:18 IST